CBT Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

CBT is an active, solution-focused form of therapy that helps us to address habitual behaviours that hold us back, and to confront negative biases in the way we think and feel. We can't change our pasts, but we can change the way we deal with things in the present.

Counselling & Psychology

Counselling Psychology can be thought of as the perfect blend of art and science, enabling exploration of concepts such as love, meaning, and existential purpose, blending this with the empirical techniques of the science of psychology.

Integrated Psychotherapy

House Psychotherapists are trained in a range of therapeutic approaches, allowing them to adapt the psychotherapy experience to meet your particular needs and emotional concerns. Rather than trying to match the client to a therapy, we'd much rather match psychotherapy to the client.

Mindfulness Therapies

Mindfulness is not a process of cognition, but rather one of awareness: it encourages us to experience each moment as it happens, rather than becoming tangled in an internal flurry of thoughts and anxieties. Mindfulness is fast becoming an essential part of a Western psychological therapies.

Depression & Unhappiness

There's no one way of experiencing depression. Some people become intensely depressed for a relatively short period; others may be mildly depressed for a long time, even years. Depression can feel like it's wearing down the very core of you. It can be easy to lose hope that things will ever feel better again.

Stress & Burnout

Stress-of the right kind, at the right time, and in the right amount-can help you achieve objectives, by stimulating your creativity and thought, and providing an energy boost to increase your performance. But if stress is maintained at a high level for too long, the exact opposite happens.

Relationship Problems

While they can be a great source of love, enjoyment and support, at some point in our lives we all experience difficulties in our personal relationships with family, friends, and romantic partners. Misunderstandings or disagreements can escalate into persistent feelings of tension and discontentment.

Anxiety & Panic

Though short term, manageable anxiety levels can be helpful in certain situations, anxiety can become problematic when it is chronic or excessive. Therapy can help you to develop healthier responses to the tensions and confrontations of modern life.

Insomnia & Sleep Problems

In the short term, a few nights of poor sleep won't cause you any serious harm, though it could affect your concentration or energy levels the day after in a fairly minor way. Lack of sleep which goes on for longer than this is more of a problem.

Sex Issues

It can feel like there are a million things that can become problematic about our relationship with sex and with our sexual partners. Whether you're experiencing sex addiction, worried about a loss of interest in sex, or hoping to work through a painful trauma, therapy and counselling can prove helpful.

Anger Problems

Though we evolved with anger as an adaptive emotion, excessive anger is a common and growing problem which has detrimental effects on our health and relationships. Psychological therapies such as CBT, ACT and mindfulness are proving helpful for resolving this 'problem anger'.

Eating Disorders

By tackling the way we think about ourselves, our bodies, and food, and using this to inform changes in our eating behaviours, CBT provides a powerful method for breaking free from the powerful grip of anxiety, guilt and shame that can control our relationship with food.

OCD & Obsessions

As many as 80% of us have minor compulsions which don't affect our everyday life in any major way. But someone with OCD-perhaps two to three per cent of us-can feel forced to perform certain actions in the same way, maybe many times, usually every day. Not doing so can cause great anxiety and preoccupation.

Addictions

Drugs, alcohol, exercise, pornography, sex, gambling, the internet... It seems that anything pleasurable can become addictive. Therapy can help you draw the line between a harmless hobby and a problem, and give you the capacity to change your behaviour for good.

Jacqui Farrants

Jacqui is an experienced therapist and academic. As Head of Psychology at City University until 2012, she has for many years been involved in training psychologists and remains active in research, supervision and consultancy. One of her interests is the use of comedy in health and wellbeing.

Simon Whalley

Simon completed his doctoral research at Regent's College in London where he currently lectures. He has worked in adult mental health within the NHS and a number of community organisations. He has particular expertise with social anxiety, panic and addictions.

Silvia Miranda

Silvia completed her training at the Institute of Psychiatry and City University. She is a chartered psychologist who alongside her private work, practices in NHS primary care at London's Maudsley Hospital, and at GP surgeries. She has particular expertise in trauma and eating disorders.

Carla Willig

After completing her doctoral research at Cambridge University, Carla went on to qualify as a counselling psychologist at Regents College London. Alongside work as a therapist she is a Professor of Psychology at City University, where she teaches, conducts research and writes.

David Gracey

Alongside his private work, David has worked in the NHS for over 10 years, with various groups including families and older adults. As a researcher he has published in numerous academic journals. He is a chartered psychologist who completed his doctorate at the Institute of Psychiatry.

Lou Monaco

Lou is a chartered psychologist and Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society who trained and worked in the US before moving to London in 2009. He was appointed Adjunct Professor at City University, New York, and has continued teaching in the UK as a visiting lecturer at London Metropolitan University.

Helen Mann

Helen completed her doctoral training at Christchurch Canterbury University. A chartered psychologist with extensive NHS experience as lead psychologist at the East London NHS Trust. Helen has also held various research and teaching roles, and pursues a keen interest in the arts.

Kimberley Wilson

Kimberley is a chartered psychologist who studied at the Tavistock Institute. Alongside her private practice she manages the psychology service for Holloway Prison. She also has an interest in training standards and has chaired the BPS's training committee for Counselling Psychology.

Anna Malena Bech

Anna Malena is a chartered psychologist who studied at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark before relocating to the UK in 2010. She has worked extensively in both private and public mental health with adults, families and adolescents.

Una Reynolds

Una is an Australian psychologist who studied at University of Sydney and qualified with the Psychology Board of Australia before moving to London in 2010. She has worked with government and community organisations, as well as in private practice, in both Australia and the UK.

Hayley Melin

Alongside her private work, Hayley manages the psychology service at The Grove drug centre in Haringey. She also has considerable experience as a psychologist in two NHS trusts. Together with her work in general adult mental health, she has particular specialisms in addictions and issues with food.

Fees & Payment

There are many therapists and counsellors who charge more—especially in our central locations—and many others charging less. We believe our fees fairly reflect the value of our service, no less our experience and training.

The House Approach

Our approach to therapy and counselling is essentially positive, forward-looking and optimistic. We hope that therapy at The House Partnership will be a positive experience that will allow you to move on beyond blocks and crises towards a more optimistic future.

What to expect in therapy

Many people find the idea of coming to therapy or counselling a daunting proposition. Not only might they be opening themselves up for the very first time, they'll be opening up to a complete stranger.

Taking the next step

At The House Partnership we understand that deciding to start therapy can be daunting. Once you've made this important decision we'll make every effort to ensure the process is as simple and supportive as possible.

The House Partnership works to bring about positive change in people’s lives—change in their emotional lives, change in their outlook on the world, and change in their relationships, both social and intimate—so they can move beyond blocks and crises towards well-being and fulfilment.

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